information and videos on our website, foxnews.com/propertyman. i'll see you next week. [ woman vocalizing ] are hearing. charles: here's lou. lou: our top stories, judge brett kavanaugh nearing confirmation after enduring a vicious smear campaign organized by dim ms, and their allies, the national left in wing media. susan collins announce her decision to vote yes on brett kavanaugh. >> i do not believe that these charges can fairly prevent judge kavanaugh from serving on the court. lou: we take up all of the day's

capitol hill drama. president trump and the republicans watching their poll numbers surge as the american people express displeasure with the dimms politics of personal destruction. momentum swinging to the key house and senate races as we draw ever closer to the mid terms. >> we are just five weeks away from one of the most of congressional elections in our lifetime. you see what's happening in washington right now. so you know how important it is. >> as china meddles in the u.s. mid-term elections, spies on american companies and fights u.s. tariffs the pentagon is now considering a major show of force in the south china sea. general jack keane joins to us talk about the rising tension with china. our top story, judge brett

kavanaugh could be confirmed to the supreme court tomorrow by the senate after an historic day on capitol hill. mike emanuel with more from washington. >> i will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh. >> in what majority leader mitch mcconnell called one of the best he ever heard. maine senator susan col stlins drew the applause of fellow republicans after her speech. >> when passions from most of inflamed, that fairness is most of in jeopardy. reporter: her vote essentially makes brett kavanaugh the 114th justice in saturday's swing vote. joe manchin quickly followed and protesters drowned him out when asked about his decision. no longer on the fence, arizona republican jeff flake says he sees nothing to presprenlt a yes

vote. >> the yeas are 51, the nos are 49. the motion is agreed to. spring senators collins, flake and collins all voted yes. the senate majority leader said lawmakers would not be intimidated by mob rule. >> the uncorroborated mud and physical intimidation of members in the senate will not have the final say around here. the senate will have the final say. reporter: but his rhetorical sparring partner on the political opposing side said the gop had a failed nominee. >> it's a shameful scorched

earth politics of the hard right in america. reporter: the allegations against kavanaugh did not provide corroborating evidence. >> they will never be satisfied. reporter: the top democrat gave kavanaugh a failing grade for his emotional performance in last week's high stakes hearing. >> judges are supposed to be even hand, impartial and court yows. however, at the hearing last week we saw a man filled with anger and aggression. reporter: it has been a bruising process from the very beginning. supporters are giving judge kavanaugh, majority leader mcconnell and chuck grassley for very high marks for work

relentlessly to win over the final votes. lou: joining us tonight former federal prosecutor, sidney powell, also author of "the license to lie." your reaction to the politics of destruction. i thought it was amusing to hear chuck schumer refer to that as the favored tool of the hard right when the democrats have been on a campaign for 90 days against judge kavanaugh. >> they are the masters of deception. and manipulation. and everything that is wrong with the political system right now, lou. it's absolutely appalling. why they think these tactics of political terrorism are going to work to their benefit i don't know. it's absolutely appalling and unfathomable to me. i hope the american public for the mid-terms shows them how fed

up we are with their thuggish tactics. lou: it is time, it seems, to hold them accountable. it's become a mob trying to move against lawful institutions and the american people and their representatives in washington. to her credit, susan collins did not back off at all. the heinous threats made against her, her staff, from the left, that was trying to coax her vote from her. i can't even con tell plate what they were thinking and why that intimidation would work against a woman of such distinction and public service. it's stunning. let's turn to what should the republicans be doing to bring about accountability here? we have thugs running through the halls of the senate. we have got thugs outside going

after demonstrating at the supreme court. but they are trying to physically intimidate republicans? voting for judge kavanaugh in restaurants. they are attacking him and an airport hallway. and it goes on. it's as if they made a big mistake. they are finally attacking the very people who do write the laws and who do make the decisions on supreme court justices, and there is a price for that. at least there was today. >> there is and there should be an even greater price. we can't tolerate this behavior in a civilized society. there is no excuse for acting in ways to intimidate public officials and verbally assault them. there are federal statutes governing this kind of behavior. they need to be enforced. congress needs to tighten up its rules for conduct within those buildings. those are official buildings where government officials are

doing important work. they should not be ground for physical assault and threats of intimidation by paid protesters or thugs. they can stand outside and have their protest. but if they are going not halls much congress they should be behaving in a professional manner. lou: i don't understand how they were allowed to take over floors of that u.s. senate. i want to turn quickly to the dnc and the law firm perkins, coie, and they appear to be at the center of much of the efforts to bring the fraudulent dossier against trump, part of the deep state's efforts to subvert his presidency, his campaign, andj why isn't there more being done right now to

stop it? how do you prosecute a law firm? >> individuals in that law firm are responsible for these actions. in fact the firm has thrown mr. sussman under the bus, saying he wasn't acting on their behalf or within the course and scope of his employment when he was meeting with officials relating to the steele dossier. he's kind of hang out there on his own right now. lou: but that doesn't explain why the firm, its attorneys were involved with the dnc, the clinton campaign, and the gps fusion smear merchants as well as christopher steelee, the former mi6 dossier author. >> because it was all part of the careful are you orchestrated plan. i think we are going to find that mr. sussman and mark e lirks as who was lead d and mark

elias, the lead counsel for hillary clinton and the dnc, were up to it to their eyeballs. we still need it. lou: i think we learned something the past two years. don't hold our breath at any point. sidney powell, it's good to have you with us. >> thank you, lou. lou: still ahead, the integrity-less national left-wing media continues their assault on judge kavanaugh. >> i don't think susan collins or nors make and manchin should reward them with this nomination. >> there is a moment where you can show what you are made of. brett kavanaugh had two

opportunities, one in that whrearg he raged, defended himself, cried like a baby. >> a term in the law is called a tampy. >> a lot of people will be suspicious of him and it will in pact erode some sort of the luster of the supreme court. lou: remember the corrupt media outlets have corporate masters and they deserve a lot of our attention as well. up next, general jack keane joins me. he'll be talking about china's rising threat to u.s. security. and what will be our response. stay with us. fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. but allstate helps you. with drivewise. feedback that helps you drive safer. and that can lower your cost now that you know the truth... are you in good hands?

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lou: the u.s. pacific fleet demonstrating massive force against china. the report comes as the chinese propaganda machine is working to refute the white house assertion that beijing is interfering in our mid-term elections and taking part in predatory economic policies. in a statement the chinese foreign ministry accused vice

president pence after his speech yesterday of malicious slander and urging the united states to correct its wrongdoing. most of media outlets didn't get a comment from the white house or the pentagon and just simply went with the chinese propaganda, forgetting what they are writing about, which is rising tensions and the potential for a military confrontation with china. joining us tonight is retired four star general, general jack keane. good to have you with us, the statements that the navy wants to put on a show of force, is that a good idea or is it likely to fail in any way intimidating the chinese? >> the chinese are likely not going to be intimidated by that. what we need is a comprehensive strategy in dealing with the chinese address. the military just being a portion of that strategy.

but what vice president pence did in calling out the chinese in the strongest of term that any government official has ever used in dealing with china is really long overdue. after 8 years appeasement by the obama administration in dealing with china's aggressive and malign behavior that's been going on for 10-15 years. finally we have an administration that's looking at them clearly and has stated unequivocally that in their national security strategy and national defense strategy, that when a big power company with russia and chain ka, and they have got it exactly right, that the long term strategic threat is china to the security of the american people. that's a mouthful, baits everything driving the implementation of a strategy to push back on china now and do it

comprehensively. lou: it's one of the one trims most of distinguished generals. vice chair of the army staff. let me ask you this. why the south china sea? and putting forward this force, it seems to me we are at a military disadvantage because we are in their region. we are on their doorsteps. we are within their, if you will be hegemony. that makes for a very difficult display of force that would have the effect apparently. >> of the leaders in the navy want to have. >> you put your finger on a problem. we are an ocean away dealing with the utions. even though we have aific fleet, we are an ocean away with the chinese. all that said, what china's

near-term objective is to control and dominate the indo-pacific region. and they have been make something significant gains there. their long-term objective, somewhere around 20 years to replace the united states as a preeminent global power in the world. what we have had them doing, conducting -- they call this unrestricted warfare. what that term means to them is they will pursue their geopolitical objectives i just mentioned, control and domination in the near term and replace the united states, and do that with all the means at their disposal short of war. they don't want to go to war with the united states. but -- so economic warfare. 's tariffs. the high interest loans with emerging nations where they default. and we have seen this.

massive influence campaigns where they are meddling in our elections. that's what vice president pence is doing. lou: when president trump pointed out they were meddling in our elections, carrying out a propaganda campaign in our own country, he was met in some quarters with derision because they said it couldn't be. and sure enough, we are looking at the des moines register with inserts. we are watching the national media and local media outlets taking all of this nonsense from the chinese minister in this country as well as beijing and just simply spreading it around without any comment. it is -- it seems to me we are right now, this president promised we would have a smart government. and i have to tell you, that means a very, very smart military, and i just see us

still struggling to be smart. >> we are. we are trying to get our arms around this problem. let me just mention one of the issues we have. we have got still in this country a delusion -- the collusion was if we help china economically, that they would become an international responsive country and political reform would follow. what nonsense that is. we know now that they are more authoritarian than they have ever been. we have got to begin to stand up for them. not just with rhetoric, but pushing back economically and pushing back militarily. lou: i would love to continue this conversation. we are out of time. in our next discussion. let's take up what is happening with the chinese in this hemisphere and whatever happened to the monroe doctrine that

president obama dismissed when he was in office. jack keane. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. do you believe radical dimms who smeared and tried to destroy judge kavanaugh have succeeded in motivating the republican base and will be in large measure responsible for the dimms' defeat in november? up next, the sophisticated effort by judge kavanaugh accuser christine blasey ford and her team to coordinate messaging and possibly influence witness testimony. is that legal? are you kidding me? is that legal? we take that up with gregg jarrett next after these quick messages. stay with us. introducing add on advantage,

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lou: breaking news. the radical dimm operative who leaked information about three republican senators had a secret twitter accounts in which attacked republicans. his name is jackson costco. he used his account to tweet, republicans are bad and dumb. he also questioned department of homeland security. leland keyser who was thrust into the national spotlight told fbi investigators she was pressured by ford allies to change her statement regarding ford's accusation. her first statement said she didn't know kavanaugh and couldn't recall attend tag party

where he was present. she changed her statement to say she didn't refute ford's claims but she has no recollection or knowledge of kavanaugh. keyser told fbi investigators she felt pressured to clarify her statement by monica mclean who was searching for classmates to strengthen ford's claims against kavanaugh. joining us, gregg jarrett. author of "the russia hoax." let's start with mclean. and her role in want to go make sure that keyser was fresh in her mind with her recollection. obviously to change her statement, which she did. >> it could constitute witness

tampering, obstruction of justice as well as suborning earning are you. all are serious felonies. there need to be an investigation. you know, this woman, leland keyser who felt pressured, told this to the fbi. the fbi must launch a serious criminal investigation into the conduct of monica mclean, a former fbi agent. it worries me that the fbi might go easy on a former federal agent. lou: you are not suggesting there could be any political corruption in the fbi. >> the fbi has a long and distinguished history of being a cesspool of corruption. and james comey is to blame. lou: what can the republican party do?

controlling the senate, controlling the white house. and we have watched a man be savaged here with absolutely baseless, fraudulent charges and obviously orchestrated to destroy his nomination to the supreme court. there must be consequences. because every american i think every american in this country is watching what's happening saying if i did that, i would expect to have -- whatever jail, fine, something. there would be consequence. and we are watching ignorance and a toxic corruption overwhelm our most of sacred institution, including the senate, the house, the justice department, and the fbi. >> there ought to be two other different investigation. one should be an investigation by the senate ethics committee of dianne feinstein.

let's begin with her. she is to blame for the public spectacle that became an abomination by concealing information from the judiciary committee, and her explanations are vacuous and make no sense. tag on to that an investigation of who leaked the information. and of course you heard susan collins condemning that person as incomprehensible. the other investigation. and i wrote a column about this. it appears the lawyers representing ford who were recommended by dianne feinstein, their democratic operatives and activists and donors, they need to be investigated baits appears they were representing democrats and not ford in her best interests. >> using the record investigated. we have seen with our own eyes and heard with our own ears

absurd statements of baseless accusations, and in cog so, with the absolute obvious intent to destroy a man and his family when he is trying to serve this nation. it is maddening. great to see you. gregg jarrett. the book is the russia hoax, i believe. the pinnacle of the best seller list. there it is. oh, wow. lou: a facebook executive brought before his employees today. i don't know if he was dragged and i don't know if he screamed. by was made to apologize for supporting his friend, judge brett kavanaugh. we take up the never ending politics of personal destruction silicon valley style. diamond and silk join me next.

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lou: we have moved from uncertainty and anxiety top reassurance that everything may work out for judge brett kavanaugh. and he may become an associate justice. now the count joins under way. the confirmation vote happens tomorrow afternoon. chad per grapes on capitol hill with his customary insight.

what's up next? >> right now we are on the clock hurtling toward this confirmation vote presumably before 5:00. we got word lisa murkowski is expected to speak on the floor shortly. we expect the senate to be in session all night. she was a no. the lone republican no. and she expressed her reservations about brett kavanaugh. she said she liked kavanaugh but she wasn't sure if he was the right man for this job at this time. kavanaugh got the yea votes from susan collins of maine and joe manchin, the lone democrat who will vote for him. it will be 51-49 for kavanaugh. steve daines, the republican senator from montana is supposed to be in montana to walk his

daughter down the aisle for her wedding. his vote doesn't appear to be necessary. and he said he'll come back if it's necessary. and they might hold this vote open very, very late. if they are going to start voting before 5:00, it usually takes 45 minutes to wrap up the vote. so the longest roll call vote in history took 5 1/2 hours on the economic stimulus package in 2009. sherrod brown came back to cast the decisive vote after his mother died in cleveland. we are not sure if they will keep the vote open that late for steve daines. lou: it all looks positive. that sounds like a new associate justice to the supreme court. chad, your work is outstanding.

we appreciate it. keep it up. facebook's head of global policy, joel kaplan casing in to unbelievable pressure. he apologized at a facebook town hall event for supporting his friend judge brett kavanaugh by sitting behind him on capitol hill. kaplan said he should have talked to zuckerberg and andberg first. they said they considered his appearance a big mistake. but zuckerberg told his employees the company should embrace diversity. he said it should, not that it does. i think that -- i doubt there is anyone at facebook who is

embarrassed, but you should be. that is awful. let's go to wonderful people. social media superstars. president trump's most of loyal supporters diamond and silk joining us in new york. great to have you with us. you are friend at facebook. oh, my goodness. i was actually pleased to hear zuckerberg say we have got to be more diverse in our views. then let sheryl sandberg grab him around the neck and bring him under control. i think it's just terrible. >> it's sad you can't have a personal opinion without being attacked for having that opinion. we stand with brett kavanaugh. i cry with him, not her. i'm so happy they are confirming him. shame on the left for taking the #metoo movement and politicizing it and using it as

a weapon against somebody and character aas state inned them. that is wrong. that right there is going to galvanize and motivate republicans to go to the polls and vote. lou: the president's approval rating in the daily rasmussen tracking poll moving to 51% from 47% i believe it was earlier. >> you also see democrats switching now. they say they are not going to vote for democrats any more after what they have seen. they can relate to that how either their brother, father, house with us accused of doing something for something they said they did not do. so they see what's going on here. and it seems familiar. and because of that they are like no we are voting republican. lou: any american who doesn't

believe in fairness and due process and the presume sun of innocence. burden of prove lies on the accuser. the left is trying to destroy this country by destroying our values, tradition and laws. >> absolutely. they resist because they don't want america to exist the way we not. they want destruction and chaos. you need to look at what just happened to this man. date was kavanaugh. tomorrow it could be your brother, son, father. you need to vote for republicans. lou: if they can do this to a man who who served on the coast appeals for 2 years, who is an extraordinary jurist and extraordinary human being, the rest of us could hang on tight when the left gets ahold of us. >> that's part of the left's game. that's what they do. if you think outside of the

black box, then there is something wrong with you. that's basically what they did. lou: a little criticism of me seems like way too much. diamond and silk have a new movie out. it's called "the chit-chat tour" and it's called "dummycrats." we want to give you a sample. >> in the face of hypocrisy, diamond and silk will stop at nothing. >> he called the police. maxine waters. where you at. nancy pelosi, where you at? >> to expose -- >> we need answers right now. >> -- the dummycrats. lou: diamond and silk, you never

have to ask if they are energized. great to see you both. delighted. see you soon. up next the dimms dirty tricks trying to delay judge kavanaugh's confirmation. we take it up with pastor robert jeffress. he joins us right in one minute. stay with us. this is not a bed.

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lou: former obama national security advisor susan rice expression interest in a run for the senate. another obama official jen psaki * tweeted this. who wants to run for senate in maine? rice replied with a simple me. it desperate dimms attack on kavanaugh is backfiring. since judge kavanaugh provided testimony on capitol hill, the president's approval rating has shot up 5%. races in man andw and nebraska and new jersey have shifted in favor of republicans. a new generic ba daily poll

shows the democratic advantage plunging 9 points heading into the november elections. they hold only a 2-point lead which is basically statistically a tie. seven secrets for success and significance. we urge you to bite. great to see you, pastor. let's start with the kavanaugh vote today. i have to say i feel a whole lot better tonight going into it. even though i did feel confident there would be a their he vote and he would come out of it. if you believe in this country you have got to be an optimist. i am glad to see it validated. >> i feel a lot better than i did last week.

if this happens, and i think it will. it will and great victory for president trump and our country for two reasons. it represents the president's second supreme court justice conservative on the court. but it also shows how president trump refuses to be bullied by the left. that's what americans are longing for. conservatives are tired of being labeled as racist, misogynistic or racist for holding mainstream views and believe in an america first policy. we have been longing for a leader like president trump who refuses to back down to the shameless tactics of the left. his approval ratings have gone above 50% and i think there will be a much bigger turnout in november than we expected.

lou: the president showing great judgment in nominating judge kavanaugh. he was criticized i cite -- he r being too emotional. it was an -- it was an appalli, disgusting assault on a man they know full well is innocent. they knew his accuser had no corroborating evidence of any kind. it was just utterly shameless on the part of the democrats. >> it was. and what riled up conservatives. i think conservatives are behind judge kavanaugh. not because of his judicial philosophy. i don't think most of cons can tell you what his judicial

philosophy is. lou: i want to compliment and thank susan collins as well. she was threatened in the most of vile ways by the left and she stood up against it. i agree with senator mcconnell today. her speech announcing her vote in favor of judge kavanaugh was eloquent and tightly well reasoned, my compliments to the senator. and every senator who votes for judge kavanaugh. it's -- this is i think a great time in this country where you see republicans. grassley got finally tired of it. the republicans are standing up and not just being swat away because they don't have the disposition or nature to fight. we could be seeing a different republican party here. >> i think we could, lou.

i think tonight is a cause for all americans to celebrate. when you have somebody like susan collins who is moderate at best in her politics and is a strong woman's rights advocate. when she stands up and pushes back, that ought to say something to all of us. that system is working. lou: it tells me so much about susan collins, and also about a president who is showing the republicans how to fight and how to win. great to have you with us. thanks so much. up next, president trump's second supreme court nominee just a vote away from confirmation. much more on tomorrow's scheduled vote for judge kavanaugh to join the supreme court. we'll be right back. stay with us. ron! something's going on at schwab. oh really? thank you clients? well jd power did just rank them highest in investor satisfaction

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lou: on wall street stocks closing lower as treasury yields hitting 7-year highs. the nasdaq down 92. volume on the big board back up from yesterday's levels. the dow flap for the week. s & p down 1%. the unemployment rate falling to 3.7%. that's the lowest unemployment rate since 1969.

and hispanic unemployment hitting the lowest level on record in september, 4.5%. fractionally lower that previous record low that was set back in august. and reminder to listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. this is where we are today and what we'll be looking at next week. the senate expected to vote tomorrow in favor of judge kavanaugh confirmation to the supreme court. former u.s. attorney sidney powell says the smear campaign of the radical dimms famed, and they must be held accountable come november. >> they are the masters of deception and manipulation. and everything that is wrong with the political system right now. it's appalling why they take these tactics of political terrorism are going to work to

their benefit, i don't know. lou: it many a new republican party under president trump. christine blasey ford's long time friend told the fbi that she was pressured into changing her statement on ford's allegations against kavanaugh. gregg jarrett says the bureau must launch an investigation into the possible witness tampering. joel kaplan apoll zwriegs facebook employees for supporting his friend last week at brett kavanaugh's congressional testimony. calling it a mistake to attend. diamond and silk say you can't support the president's agenda in any way without being attacked. and obviously you can't support his nominee to the supreme court. at least at facebook.

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